Academic Team

Meet our distinguished academic team of professors, researchers, and lecturers at the German University of Digital Sciences.

Presidents

2 presidents

Prof. Dr.  Mike Friedrichsen
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Prof. Dr. Mike Friedrichsen

Founder, President

President

Research Centers

Digital TransformationsExtended Reality
Prof. Dr.  Christoph Meinel
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Prof. Dr. Christoph Meinel

Founder, President

President

Research Centers

CybersecurityArtificial Intelligence+1 more

Senior Professors

3 senior professors

Univ.- Prof. Dr. Reiner Creutzburg
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Univ.- Prof. Dr. Reiner Creutzburg

Senior Professor

Senior Professor

Senior Prof. Dr. Raul Rojas
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Senior Prof. Dr. Raul Rojas

Artificial Intelligence

Senior Professor

Prof. Dr. Günter Schmidt
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Prof. Dr. Günter Schmidt

Senior Professor German UDS

Senior Professor

Research Centers

Artificial Intelligence

Professors

14 professors

Prof. Dr.  Ekaterina Artemova
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Prof. Dr. Ekaterina Artemova

Senior Researcher

Professor

Prof. Dr. Marco Bade
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Prof. Dr. Marco Bade

Head of Digital Entrepreneurship and Finance

Professor

Research Centers

Digital Transformations
Prof. Dr. Raad Bin Tareaf
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Prof. Dr. Raad Bin Tareaf

Senior Researcher

Professor

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Maren Bockert
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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Maren Bockert

Head of Research Group Digital Entrepreneurship and Management

Professor

Prof. Dr. Maren Borkert
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Prof. Dr. Maren Borkert

Senior Researcher

Professor

Prof. Dr. Daniele Di Mitri
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Prof. Dr. Daniele Di Mitri

Head of Multimodal Learning Technologies

Professor

Research Centers

Extended RealityEducational Technologies
Prof. Dr. Georg Loscher
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Prof. Dr. Georg Loscher

Head of Digital Management and Work

Professor

Research Centers

Digital Transformations
Prof. Dr. Steven Ney
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Prof. Dr. Steven Ney

Head of Design Thinking

Professor

Research Centers

Digital Transformations
Prof. Dr. Thomas Staubitz
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Prof. Dr. Thomas Staubitz

Head of Research Group Educational Technologies

Professor

Research Centers

Educational Technologies
Prof. Dr. Tim Stuchtey
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Prof. Dr. Tim Stuchtey

Head of Economics of Cybersecurity

Professor

Research Centers

Cybersecurity
Dr. Sree Ganesh Thottempudi
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Dr. Sree Ganesh Thottempudi

AI & Data Science Faculty | Ex-Red Hat & Microsoft | Digital Humanities & NLP Expert

Professor

Prof. Dr. Julia von Thienen
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Prof. Dr. Julia von Thienen

Project Lead (EU Projects)

Professor

Research Centers

Cybersecurity
Prof. Dr. Felix Weitkämper
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Prof. Dr. Felix Weitkämper

Head of Statistical and Symbolic Artificial Intelligence

Professor

Research Centers

Artificial Intelligence
Prof. Dr. Feiyu Xu
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Prof. Dr. Feiyu Xu

Head of Industrial AI

Professor

Research Centers

Artificial Intelligence

Senior Lecturers

5 senior lecturers

Dr. jur. Matthias Geurts
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Dr. jur. Matthias Geurts

Partner, Schalast LAW TAX | Banking, Finance & Tax Expert | Lecturer & Author

Senior Lecturer

Dr. Pejman Najafi
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Dr. Pejman Najafi

Teaching Subject: Cybersecurity

Senior Lecturer

Research Centers

Cybersecurity
Dr. Maurice  Steinhoff
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Dr. Maurice Steinhoff

Teaching Subject: Complex Problem Solving

Senior Lecturer

Dr. Hanadi Traifeh
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Dr. Hanadi Traifeh

Teaching Subject: Design Thinking

Senior Lecturer

Dr.  Lorenzo Valle Garcilazo
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Dr. Lorenzo Valle Garcilazo

Former Professor for Digital Transformation und Business Developer, Tec de Monterrey, Mexico

Senior Lecturer

Researchers

3 researchers

Kim-Pascal Borchart
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Kim-Pascal Borchart

Research Assistant

Researcher

Mohamed Elhayany
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Mohamed Elhayany

Research Assistant

Researcher

Research Centers

Educational Technologies
Dr. rer. phil. Martha Kunicki
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Dr. rer. phil. Martha Kunicki

Postdoctoral Scholar, Princeton University | PhD in AI & Co-Creativity | Entrepreneur

Researcher